Sun SDK up to 1.4.2 17 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun SDK. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3111. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sun SDK. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated by (a) an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files, (2) write to local files, or (3) execute local programs; and as demonstrated by (b) a long value associated with a java-vm-args attribute in a j2se tag in a JNLP file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the GetVMArgsOption function; aka CR 6557220.

The bug was discovered 07/08/2008. The weakness was shared 07/09/2008 by John Heasman (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3111 since 07/09/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42834 (GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115932 (Sun Java Web Start Multiple Vulnerabilities May Allow Elevation of Privileges(1019367.1)).

Upgrading to version 1.4.2 17 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6013.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43664), Tenable (42834), SecurityFocus (BID 30148†), OSVDB (46959†) and Secunia (SA31010†). The entries VDB-3956, VDB-41366, VDB-41365 and VDB-43143 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 42834
Nessus Name: GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 850030
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Saint ID: exploit_info/java_web_start_jnlp_heapsize
Saint Name: Sun Java Web Start JNLP file j2se element heap-size buffer overflow

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SDK 1.4.2 17
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: John Heasman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3111 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3111
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43139

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X-Force: 43664
SecurityFocus: 30148 - Sun Java Web Start Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31010
OSVDB: 46959 - CVE-2008-3111 - Sun - Multiple Products - Multiple Buffer Overflow Issues
SecurityTracker: 1020452
Vulnerability Center: 18805 - Sun Java Web Start Multiple Buffer Overflows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2056

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/13/2019 09:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (89), 08/13/2019 09:21 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:A03:103

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